From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
harry
v 1: annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his
staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female
co-workers" [syn: harass, hassle, harry, chivy,
chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest,
provoke]
2: make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in
wartimes [syn: harry, ravage]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Harry \Har"ry\, v. i.
To make a predatory incursion; to plunder or lay waste.
[Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Harry \Har"ry\ (h[a^]r"r[y^]), prop. n.
Harold or Henry; a nickname.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Harry \Har"ry\ (-r[y^]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harried
(-r[i^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Harrying.] [OE. harwen, herien,
her[yogh]ien, AS. hergian to act as an army, to ravage,
plunder, fr. here army; akin to G. heer, Icel. herr, Goth.
harjis, and Lith. karas war. Cf. Harbor, Herald,
Heriot.]
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1. To strip; to pillage; to lay waste; as, the Northmen came
several times and harried the land.
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To harry this beautiful region. --W. Irving.
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A red squirrel had harried the nest of a wood
thrush. --J.
Burroughs.
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2. To agitate; to worry; to harrow; to harass. --Shak.
Syn: To ravage; plunder; pillage; lay waste; vex; tease;
worry; annoy; harass.
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